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South Central
Public Health District
1020 Washington St N
Twin Falls ID 83301-3156
(208) 737-5900

Twin Falls Office Hours: 8:00AM - 5:00PM


WIC Breastfeeding Support

  • Breastfeeding Support
  • Peer Counseling
  • Resources

 

Breastfeeding Support at WIC:

  • All of our WIC staff receive training to encourage and support breastfeeding.  
  • Breastfeeding is the optimal method of feeding for our babies.
  • Mother’s milk provides perfect nutrition for her own baby.
  • Breastfeeding your baby enhances bonding with your baby.

 

We have breastfeeding experts who have received additional training:

International Board Certified Lactation Consultant:

Cindi Holly-Rausch, IBCLC

Certified Lactation Consultants/Educators:

Twin Falls Office:

Caroline Dolezal, Dori Holler, Sandra Perez, Ofelia Guzman, Tina Farnes

Jerome, Gooding, and Bellevue Offices

Helen Hopkins, Margie Chavez, Ines Gonzalez, Janet Garcia-Lopez

Heyburn Office

Tammy Walters, Maria Vega, Berenice Bautista, Susan Musselman, Juana Hernandez

 

 

WIC Facebook Visit Our WIC Facebook Page

 

 

Breastfeeding Peer Counseling Program

SCPHD's WIC program is pleased to provide an evidenced based Peer Counseling program to assist in breastfeeding promotion and support. The Peer Counselors are WIC mothers who live in the community and have breastfed their own babies. Peer Counselors have been selected by WIC to help give new mothers basic breastfeeding information, counseling, and support and to help new mothers meet the goal of breastfeeding their babies.

Heyburn/Jerome clinic

Daniela Lopez, CLE

Twin Falls clinic

currently vacant

 

Peer Counselors receive specialized training to provide information and support on:

  • Reasons to breastfeed
  • How to address common barriers, including returning to work, and lack of support from family and friends.
  • Getting a good start with breastfeeding
  • Maintaining a healthy milk supply
  • Preventing common problems such as sore nipples and engorgement
  • Strategies for getting through the first weeks home with the baby
  • Your body is built for breastfeeding. How the breast makes milk including breast anatomy, milk supply, American Academy of Pediatrics recommendations.
  • Having a breastfeeding plan to take to the hospital which includes exclusive breastfeeding, importance of skin-to-skin, rooming in.

The WIC Peer Counselors will contact mothers regularly during the pregnancy and during the early days and weeks of breastfeeding. Peer counselors will also assist with prenatal breastfeeding classes and are available to new mothers outside the usual working schedule who have breastfeeding questions. Peer Counselors refer mothers to appropriate lactation experts or healthcare professionals if the mother’s concerns are outside the peer counselor’s scope of practice.

WIC provides breastfeeding education at all prenatal appointments including prenatal classes.

Topics covered include:

  • Health benefits of breastfeeding for mother and baby.
  • When to Feed Your Baby: hunger cues, feeding guidelines, cluster feedings.
  • How can I tell if my baby is getting enough to eat including growth spurts, counting diapers, proper weight gain, and keeping a feeding log.
  • Expressing and pumping milk, nipple care, and warning signs of problems.
  • Breastfeeding support at WIC, feeding in public, and returning to work or school.


 

Breastfeeding Resources:

Every Ounce Counts

Developed by the Texas Department of State Health Services WIC Program, Every Ounce Counts is a website full of useful information about breastfeeding.


LaLeche League

International Lactation Consultant Association
1-800-LALECHE

 

Breastfeeding Helpline

Operated by the Office on Women's Health
800-994-9662 | Monday - Friday 7 a.m. – 4 p.m. MST


Idaho Breastfeeding Coalition

 

KellyMom

 


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